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"Dreamboat Annie" is a song written and recorded by the rock band Heart. It is the title track from their debut album Dreamboat Annie and was released as its third single in 1976. The song had originally appeared as the B-side to Heart's debut single "Crazy on You" earlier that year.

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"Dreamboat Annie"
Single by Heart
from the album Dreamboat Annie
B-side	"Sing Child"
Released	November 1976 (US) [1]
Recorded	August 1975
Genre	Soft rock, folk rock
Length	2:59 (Single)
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson
Producer(s)	Mike Flicker
Heart singles chronology
"Crazy on You" (1976) "Dreamboat Annie" (1976) "Barracuda" (1977)

"Dreamboat Annie" became Heart's third U.S. chart entry, peaking at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. Being markedly softer in sound than the other singles Heart had released previously, the song was also Heart's first entry onto the U.S. Adult Contemporary singles chart, where it reached number seventeen (Heart's highest-charting AC hit until "These Dreams" in 1986).

Billboard described "Dreamboat Annie" as "a pretty and poetic song filled with dreamlike sea lyric imagery and backed by near classical folk guitar and banjo runs."[2]

Versions

There are three different versions of the song "Dreamboat Annie" on the Dreamboat Annie album:

Track 2 – "Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child)" – 1:10

Track 5 – "Dreamboat Annie" – 2:02

Track 10 – "Dreamboat Annie (Reprise)" – 3:50

The version released on the single was listed on the 45 as 2:59 but was actually around 2:40. It is not included on the album. The single is a variation of Track 5, with the intro to "Soul of the Sea" grafted onto the beginning of the single. This version remains unreleased on any Heart album. It's assumed this was done to increase the playing time of the single to the more standard 3 minute format.

In 2011, Nancy Wilson recorded a reworked version of the song with American classical guitarist Sharon Isbin for the latter's album Guitar Passions.[3]

Reception

Cash Box said "the tune is soft and melodic; a banjo plays quickly on backup" and "Ann & Nancy Wilson turn out some surefire harmonies."[4]

Personnel

• Ann Wilson – lead vocals
• Nancy Wilson – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Fossen – bass guitar
• Howard Leese – bells

Additional musicians

• Tessie Bensussen – backing vocals
• Geoff Foubert – backing vocals
• Jim Hill – backing vocals, banjo
• Kat Hendrikse – drums

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5]	53
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[6]	31
France Chart Singles
Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip)[7]	18
US Billboard Hot 100[8]	42
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9]	17
US Cash Box Top 100[10]	32

References

External links

• Listen to "Dreamboat Annie" on YouTube

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